Tagged The Lord of the Rings

A chilly January day in Slough found your correspondent heading to Big Finish Day, the latest of the audio producers’ popular one day events. In no particular order, here goes with all the news from the day… Sylvester McCoy got down to the last two for the role of Bilbo in The Lord of the…

Doctor Who chieftain Steven Moffat has confirmed to SFX Magazine that The Hobbit director Peter Jackson IS likely to direct a future episode! Several months ago it became clear that Jackson – best known for his sprawling adaptation of The Lord of the Rings – was interested in directing Doctor Who, even if it seemed…

Peter Jacksonâ€™s latest film, The Hobbit is set to start filming soon and casting is now being announced with the Seventh Doctor himself, Sylvester McCoy, confirmed as Radagast the Brown. Whilst Sylvester let this information slip a little while back, this is now the official announcement. Jackson directed the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy,…

As explained by Kasterborous.com several weeks ago, despite Seventh Doctor Who star Sylvester McCoy’s own chattering about his role in the upcoming Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit, he is yet to be officially confirmed as the wizard Radaghast. Speaking to the BBC (mainly about Eveyln Waugh adaptation Decline and Fall in which McCoy…

Even if you’re the type that heralds the Doctor Who TV Movie as a bit mediocre (which, let’s face it, is most of us), it’s hard to not be excited about its release on DVD.Â In the UK, it’s part of the Revisitations Box Set.Â But the subjects of Uncle Sam will finally have the…

They’re not half-price anymore, but there are a variety of superb deals on Weta Workshop Doctor Who products available for pre-order on the Forbidden Planet website! Weta Workshop, famous for designing the props in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, also have a pretty stellar business in Who collectibles, including the Kasterborous-recommended Fourth Doctor…